Daron Acemoglu (1967–)

Ufuk Akcigit ()
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Ufuk Akcigit: University of Chicago

Chapter 40 in The Palgrave Companion to MIT Economics, 2025, pp 843-863 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Daron Acemoglu is a living giant in economics who has made vast contributions to the profession throughout his career, earning him a share of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2024. His output of books, papers, theories and ideas has been prolific, covering a wide range of fields, from political economy and labour economics to economic growth, environmental economics, network theory and many others. He has advanced our knowledge, shifted paradigms, and influenced both academia and practical policymaking worldwide. This short chapter summarises his life, achievements and academic work.

Keywords: Political economy; Inclusive institutions; Extractive institutions; Economic growth; Directed technical change; Distance to frontier; Skill-biased technical change; Robots; Automation; AI; Inequality; Networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-77623-6_40

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